The Battle of Gettysburg

[bassin_bug]

I think it was the Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, VA in July 1861.

I visited the Civil War battleground of Stones River at Murfreesboro, TN. As I walked across those huge boulders and saw rusty metal wheels and cannons lying in place amid the huge rocks, that battle became a reality. I even saw buttons from the soldiers uniforms still lying where they had fallen onto the rocks; cannot figure out how they managed to still be stuck in the indentations on the rocks. I wonder how on earth they fought in places where feet could get caught between rocks breaking legs and that is the place where some of the caissons and cannons lie. The museum has lots of interesting things like uniforms with bullet holes, ammunition casings, guns, etc. Stones River Battleground is a very sobering place and one can't help but feel a reverence for the soldiers and all they had to go through.

[Grumpy]

Oooppps, there were three battles on Union soil--I forgot about Antiem. Shame on me (but I may be able to blame it on being cronologically enhanced) I visited Antiem after Gettysburg last year, it was not nearly as extensive as Gettysburg, but impressive not the less. Sorry Bug, Virginai was a Confederate State.

Grumpy

[bassin_bug]

Oooppps, there were three battles on Union soil--I forgot about Antiem. Shame on me (but I may be able to blame it on being cronologically enhanced) I visited Antiem after Gettysburg last year, it was not nearly as extensive as Gettysburg, but impressive not the less. Sorry Bug, Virginai was a Confederate State.

Grumpy

Oops, I misread your question. You blamed your forgetfulness on a fancy name for a "senior moment." lol Maybe I should blame my misreading on recent eye surgery. I'm at the point where I am better at feeling things than I am at reading them. lol

[Grumpy]

Bug, I think it just proves that we all make mistakes.

Grumpy

[RoadToad]

I grew up not far from D.C., and my dad is a huge Civil War buff, so we visited all those battlefields when I was a kid. Gettysburg, Antietam, Appomattox, and, I'm sure, others that I don't remember at the moment. There were actually a number of battles fought on Union soil, and yes, I include Perryville. I think most historians do include it, because although probably most Kentuckians were Confederate sympathizers, the state never did secede from the Union. I know there was one in Missouri (Wilson's Creek?), and one somewhere in Ohio, as well as Fort Stevens in D.C., and Glorieta Pass, in, of all places, New Mexico. I think there were others, as well, but I can't name them.

[kyfanatic]

I'm a pretty fair Historian,but to save my soul I can't think of another major battle in the north excluding John Hunt Morgan's raids into Ohio.Had to be on one of Robert E. Lee's invasions into Pennsylvania I would think.

Here is a link to every battle in the whole war,with links to each state.
http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/

[RoadToad]

Well if we're talking only about MAJOR battles, I'm thinking it's just Gettysburg and Antietam?

[ironhead70]

id have to say that the movie gettysburg is one of the best movies ever made imo if u have not seen it go get it , its about 5 hours long and has a bunch of good actors in it